Al Shihab Surname

501,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Al Shihab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al Shihab Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Al Shihab Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al Shihab Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Al Shihab is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Shihab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 501,935th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 11,126,024 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shihab live; 69 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name is most prevalent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 353,341. Beside Bangladesh it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 30 percent live and Yemen, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Shehab89506/
Al-Shihab8910/
Al Shehaib841/
Al-Shehab781,271/
Al Shehaf7888/
Al Chehab781/
Al Siap751/
Al-Syahab671/
Al-Sheyyab637/
Al Zyab632/
Al Sayyaf564/
Al-Seaf501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Shihab
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